2002

Ecce- warriors

inuto contend to tat title again

rn. Press, Staff IIIIOrts DECATUR -A last-second field goal kept East Central Community College from advancing to the state title game in 2001. Head coach Terry Underwood said the Warriors learned a lot from the 10-7 loss at Mississippi Delta, and he hopes that IC'arning <'XJWt'tNl<'<' wtll lc ~:td to unotlll't' shot , at tlw !'ll.ut .. l'hlllllJIHill lhit• ·w .. l1.1cl 11 hl ll'l~· ·

tc:rlmt'k Kevin Stephens (5- ll, I X~}) of Cl,arles llc•tHit•rson Htgh School in 'I' roy. AIa l lndPrwood ~aid Stevens hus had a good preseason a t HIJ~nal c·aller. "1\PVcil throws well, is very uctl'll tgl'n l, mAkes smart dcci– s u•n -, illld is a good athlete," lu: su id . "He was mainly a b:u:lwp ln Brian Zbydnicwskl lnst. .>'~'Il l' hut is now r<>nd y to 11111 t ht' offense." Hn addNi tho runni ng ganw is Ill good hand with Willinmg nnd \Vnght, who arc nl .u havmg

Underwood said the strength of the defense is team speed. "Our secondary will be very fast," he said. "Three of our defensive starters - comer– backs Pete McBride (5-9, 170) of Forest and Jarvis Lymon (5-10, 185) ofFoley,Ala., and linebacker J osh Viverette (5- 10, 172) of Lake had the faRtest tmws in tht• 10 vard dash at n l'otnhuw lwtd'at I~HI~l M uo~~iHHl pp1 Lt -.t ~wing. Mrlhull' 1 ; Ill il I :18, Lynu111 11 •1.·1~ nnd \ t\oc~nlllt~ It ji.Ci" Other lop •k·lcnsivc; n :t lll'tu•c~s lii'C.I li nc ~hndwrs Slan~v Lt~wis ICi-0, 2•10) of' Nt•Rhc'thn Crll!t.r:d nnd '.l'mvnri)S Osley (G·l, 220) of Hueytown, Ala . 'l'ho dcli.~nsive li·ont will indudt: n\lurnces Arrion 'l'rip1c:t L(G·O, 270) and Ken '1\iplnt L (G·fl, 24!)), both of l..ouis,•illc~. and Mtt'h:l<'l Wells ((i-2, 270) unci fn•:-;hmnn Cottw ll nws (!).]!, :H2>, both ••r fi\;; met.· · · "C>\'c)t'lll l, I rl'nlly fi•t•l vrry f!utu lllhllll f, thiR lt•nnl ,l'Vt'll

though we do not have as much depth as we did last year," Underwood said. "They are a great group of young men." Underwood, who is begin– ning his fifth year as head coach, also serves as defen– sive coordinator. Members of his coaching staff include Tim Goatl", :u~sistant lwad coac:h nnd nflbt9iVI' root·tlinn· tor; l•'rl'clt ll'k l.yons, dc•fhlsivc• linn; '1'11111111.} Clupltlll, ol'li~n· sivelirw; Stevn Clu;uthum, tldi~n sivc: had , .md s pn<·iul lc•ams; und I >I'MntTIIfl lloltnes. Wl

sixth in overall offense with a 329.2 yard average. Underwood said the WmTior oflcnse should again be suc– cessful, thanks to a stronger offensive line. "I would have to say that our main strength on offense is our offensive line," he said. "These guys nn• r<'nlly doing a CT<.•at JOb nnd n~pn•st•nt mw oft ho sl rong1•sl gnmpR wt: ha\1' h.ul hc~-n:. I hmt• also 111'1'11 pll''uu.·d wit lt 0111 q 11 111 It I h.td llll.lllil'l' lt.ld ~ !IIIII wido tl'•~dve•'B." 'l'op ofll•tliHVO r'Clw·uer:t"l itu:llult:• luu• •IH~Ii J.)(•lillll'<'llfl O··nnJ.t•-'•' (t: .tiu•L-a, 2H2> of 'l'lllif:flltut!lU, J\l11., County: nl~ely Su't~ (li-1, 2HH) of :lo:Hi'flmhin High School, P('llf!rt•~oln, Fin.; and Marcel 1\iuittll (li·~l. :H>O> of - '1\u·H\nlon!la; Ala ., CenLral; wid·~ l'l~l·niw~r Marcus Hibbler ((i .fl, 174} ul' Louisville; run– nin j:! llru:k Hamon Williai)1S Ul 10, ~:lO l of Brookwood, Ala , H inh School; fullback WP!-lc•y Wright (5-10, 220) of W11t••lm1 A(·ademy; and quar-

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